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[Fatal strongyloidiasis in an immunodepressed patient following renal transplantation]
J C German1, J H Flores, G Chiesura
1Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Revista Do Hospital Das Clinicas
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Occurrence of fatal hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis in an immunodepressed patient after kidney transplantation is reported. Physiopathology of the illness is discussed and the seriousness of the hyperinfection syndrome is stressed. Endoscopy with duodenal biopsy is useful for the establishment of diagnosis.